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POEM: A Sad Sonovabitch Rotting in Ottawa — “so successful in Manchester and He up Auckland”

A Sad Sonovabitch Rotting in Ottawa What wonder those two men from London! Their fathers one from the Indian Ocean, other South Pacific. Takes me 18 years to see the comparisons! My rocks. So unique. From afar, and down under. What time they took to support me and care! My every thought, synapse and dare. […]

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Power in the Workplace :: TRUTH OR … CARE (LESS)? ESSAY (via LinkedIn)

Being a “starving artist” is someone who is living their truth. They are choosing to operate outside of the system they fear PREVENTS them from being authentic to their Self. So for the rest of us… how do we navigate our ‘truth’ in a system that we feel is a bit cock-eyed? One that restricts […]

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POEM: “Love Like You Do The City” — “With their sensibilities And gentlemanness And their transient bohemianness”

Love Like You Do The City You love like you absorb Montreal: Intense, wild, devoted, wanting it all genre, RIGHT NOW (!!!) and this way fast and how you envision it so endowed and for the taking and you are SO looking for rental signs on balcons mastering a route from l’apparte to metro, to […]

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POEM: “Montreal is For the Living” – I am a Canadian migrant, then, seeking refuge in a new land that’s reviving.

Montreal is For the Living Here, I am reminded of how boring, how dull, and how monologic I am. “You’re one of the most interesting people I know!” they say time and again. But I perform, I am “on,” and I am guarded in scripted lecture. Social anxiety bricks a wall, some will say “you […]

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POEM: “Spread Eagle” — Superwoman: the risk she took to get nearest flying on her bike in Montreal.

Spread Eagle Her little ass clenched packed in to tight jeans And her pubis full and spongey strong pushed onto the seat She was laying UPON her bike, FLYING opposite way down Beaudry! Her hands on handle, bars, legs out like a bird, vertical: I heard her friend gleefully scream! I looked down and saw […]

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POEM: “Les mecs Montréalais (Electric City, Ici)” — Bref, pourquoi allumer la lumière quand le soleil brille crazy bright already?

Les mecs Montréalais (Electric City, Ici) Une amitié forte chez ces trois hommes Québecois! Les mecs Montréalais! Émouvant en crisse: Oui – j’l’ai écrit, ‘Brillant-Brian’! Mais, j’ai arreté de sacré Par 4:36 ah em, ah, men. They met at the MTL bar to discuss holidays plans for getting away to Germany for Oktoberfest in autumn. […]

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SEX & LOVE IN THE PARK: Meeting Shaun of TheLoveDrive.com

What a fabulous treat to meet Shaun Galanos of The Love Drive blog today in Montreal’s Parc Lafontaine. Shaun is a self-described “lover of people and an over-communicator” who believes that “honest and playful communication is the answer to more connected relationships.” His blog, podcast, and videos are fun, edutaining — and a refreshed perspective […]

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MUSIC WRITING: Lindy Vopnfjord |My words on his music

If you’re a musical artist looking for writing support for your album, reach out! Prepared bios, meaningful song reviews, and other press bits assist your PR team greatly by providing them the right stuff they need to talk accurately about the art and craft of your work. *** Special music inspires me. So, in 2017, […]

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POEM: “Does she fry her brain with recollection of your faint scent?”

It Goes On Well now it is perhaps 7 years single I thought and found myself admitting. Was that pathetic and was it dull just saying it There was that time in twenty thirteen, I reckon. Still, no one talks like him nor did. Precise, clear, exact, and connected. No one I wanted to know […]

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POEM: Attention “I miss men / Male lovers who can fetch hangers lodged behind radiators”

Attention I miss men Male lovers who Can fetch hangers lodged Behind radiators And kill spiders In the bathtub And fix the battery In the fire alarm And change a lightbulb. These men Who were so good with technology Fix me up with a stereo And things Wire my speakers Hang my curtains Make a […]

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